#8B2282#8B2282

#8B2282 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.176 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2282
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 130)
HSL	hsl(305, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(305, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.49, 54.06, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.49, 61.89, 330.86°)
OKLab	oklab(45.85% 0.1549 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(45.85% 0.176 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2488, 8.2460, 21.9033)
Luminance	0.0824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2282 #228B2B

analogous

#60228B #8B2282 #8B224E

triadic

#8B2282 #828B22 #22828B

tetradic

#8B2282 #8B6022 #228B2B #224E8B

square

#8B2282 #8B6022 #228B2B #224E8B

split-complementary

#8B2282 #4E8B22 #228B60

monochromatic

#290A26 #5A1654 #8B2282 #BC2EB0 #D553CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.93

#8B2282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#8B2282 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2282

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2282	1.00	7.93	2.65	7.93
#FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44567F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#912E50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.176 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b069a6',
    500: '#8b2282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2282;
$custom-light: #b069a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45849,
    "c": 0.17569,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2282

secondary

#50B859

accent

#E45244

background

#FBF6FA

surface

#F6EBF4

border

#D0C6CE

text

#11070F

muted

#807A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2282

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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